I have been reading various articles on your web site (in punjabi) and have
found them to be enlightening. I would like to save some for future
reference/distribution to others etc. Please advise if fonts are available
for download.

Congratulations for adopting clear cut stand and it can be
attained positively by grace of God with support of people of Punjab and
International Community which can not and never be against justice and human
rights of Sikhs and Punjabis= sovereignty for Sikhs and Punjabis.

The resolutions passed during the Maghi Mela conference of
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) held at Mukatsar on 13.1.2006 are significant as
there is an indication in your resolutions that your party shall never be
encircled by agents, double agents, stooges and it looks hereafter, your party
having an apparent leader Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann shall build up its own
image in the people of Punjab for getting them justice to its finality and
decisive end.

Sikh Vichar Manch is of the opinion that all people of
Punjab, in view of the true principles of SIKHISM, shall definitely trust Sardar
Simranjit Singh Mann & his party whose aim is not only to defeat Sardar
Badal and his son in coming election but to do something more for the unemployed
youth and welfare of whole Punjab as an Unit.

Sikh Vichar Manch wishes for the well being of whole Punjab,
the people of Punjab must support and trust Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann &
his party without any suspicion. A few communal Hindus politically
aligned to Delhi and other factions working against the interest of Punjab from
the very beginning may always create confusion in the minds of common Punjabis
and will never resist themselves from their assigned task for their own vested
interests otherwise Punjabi & Sikhs are politically one on many issues.
Similar can be the behaviour of the surrendered militants in practice in coming
elections at the instance of their Masters. The people of Punjab wish to
see peaceful, corruption free and a regime practicing rule of law in Punjab for
which party i.e. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) of Sardar Simranjit Singh
remains to be tested in power so far.

This is the Group which won the election in the
Freemont Gurdwara, the largest Gurdwara in the Northern California.
'Panthak Slate' defeated the 'United Sikhs Alliance' led by the former
gurdwara Chaowdhuries. This United Sikhs Group had controlled the
gurdwara for several years but at last this group was defeated last year after
many years of court battles and frustrating expereinces of the sangat.
Ajit Jalandhar Newpaper reported in its report from california that Sikh Youth
of America, an organization of psuedo-Khalis! tanis had worked behind the
scenes to defeat the Panthak Slate. They had also used the Newspaper
locally in punjabi to propagate things against the Panthak Slate but it did
not work. United Sikhs alliance is allied with AGPC ( the so called
Gurdwaras organization which has no gurdwara as its member) and Dr.
Amarjit Singh aka Khalistan Affairs center, aka Spokesman of the defunct
Panthik Committee ( thugs and traitors of the Khalistan movement), and now
spokesman of Shadow organization like Voices of Freedom and United Sikhs. Sikh
youth of America is one single organization responsible for fights
in the major gurdwaras like Richmond HIll, NY, Virginia, Lankersheim gurdwara
in Los angeles, Glenn Rock Gurdwara in NJ, and many other
orgnaizations. These people act under the orders of Amarjit SIngh and
other so called leaders of the khalsitani groups. But with Wahguru's
kirpa they have been defeated every where and in the Freemont Gurdwara. Sangat
is relieved that these goons are not coming back especially jandi and his
co. Many members of Sikh Youth America(none of these guys are youth and
they even have grandchildren) had also created a big fight in Freemont
several years ago and shot Gurmit Singh out side the gurdwara.

We wonder how is that the President of
AGPC and leader of Sikh Youth of America, Yadwinder Singh was in India and
taking pictures with Daljit Singh bittu, former leader of the Panthik
Committee, who has been released by Indian Govt. and going around freely when
he had so many cases against him. ( he even said that He is proud of the
Indian Justice System after he was released) Sometimes people wonder that on
one hand Indian Govt is spending so much to get some Sikhs from America like
Barapind and how come these people are freely traveling everywhere.
Something is wrong somewhere.

These guys called Prof. Darshan Singh a traitor
and Amarjit tried to barr him to do kirtan in Freemont Gurdwara with his
goondas and they repeated this other places also. We wonder what Amarjit
has to say about Bittu now released and free in India and is no longer talking
about the same Khalistan. Since Bittu is techinically Amarjit's boss as
head of the group, does he have any leg to stand. These guys have
brought such bad name to the Sikh community first proving to the world that
Sikhs are terrorists by doing all kinds of violence against people who did not
agree with them and in the West fighting in the gurdwaras, violence, court
fights and misappriarating funds of the gurdwara when they were under their
control to send it to their friends here and back home which was misu! sed to
go after the really genuine Khalistanis.

Some of the members of the Panthak Slate in
Freemont are really respectable members of the community. They are the
relatives of the people who have killed by Indian Govt but these guys know
that we have to act responsibly and honestly. Behniwal and his family
have done such a great job from last 3 decades. Sangat has
overwhelmingly supported them and also approved the recent land purchase for
the gurdwara sahib. Now this gurdwara can come back to its glory again.

Lets do Ardas that pantakh leadership work under
Wahguru's Kirpa.

Lakhbir Singh Gill!

Bayarea.

gurpRIq isMG smrf

Waheguru ji Ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh,

I really appreciate,admire and respect the article written by
Gursharan Singh ji kasail.This is very true in Gurdwaras, where sangat brings
3.25% milk and that milk tek matha (bows his head), AS WELL AS sher brand atta.

I will want to tell you a true incident on new year, I am
naming Gurdwara, Dixie Gurdwara, there one very good learned person by the name
of Amrik Singh (from Chandigarh) comes and do katha. He is a learned person, he
indirectly says against derawad, santwaad etc.

He even openly said that vaisakhi is 30 march. Now whenever
he is doing katha a very aged person records him every sunday.

Now at the eve of new year I was sitting right in front, many
people were making their milk and atta bow in front of Guru granth sahib ji and
leave it right there.

Back to the point, that aged uncle who walks with a stick in
his hand stood up and moved that atte ki bori which was not PLACED IN FRONT OF
GURU GRANTH SAHIB BUT RIGHT NEXT TO GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI AWAY AT THE END.

BUT PRESIDENT BROUGHT THAT BORI BACK AFTER 15 MINUTES TO THE
SAME SPOT.

President was standing there all the time.

I AM AN EYEWITNESS TO IT, I AM RE! ADY TO SPEAK AGAINST HIM ,
I TRIED IN SANJH SAVERA BUT IT IS CONTROLLED BY THEM.

GURFATEH

pRo: gursLrn isMG (ismrnjIq isMG mfn)

Press statement of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)

to the Chandigarh Press Corp. dated 29.12.2005

The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) express alarm at the total
indiscipline, lawlessness, corruptibility, brutality and the total chaos
prevailing in the Panjab Police. It is functioning without direction and
control. The government through its Home Department and political oversight has
lost all control of this monster. It indulges in extra judicial murders like the
killings of Gajinder Singh and Arun Masih, both of Jammu and Kashmir, on 21
September 2005 at Pathankot. Daily Lathi Charges at innocent citizen, brutal
torture of political opponents of Amarinder Singh, at its interrogation centres,
planting of RDX and AK 47 rifles on Sikhs like Manjot Kaur of Chandigarh and
Bhagwan Singh, Chamkaur Singh and Manpreet Singh by Jagraon District Police, all
this to show that terrorism is rife, so as it give Amarinder Singh and S.S. Virk
the rational to use the police more violently, killing of Dalits as at Tanda of
Leader. No constable or officer wears the prescribed uniform. Uniform, jackets,
turbans, socks, shoes, fifties of every colour and hue is worn as these pictures
will prove. No traffic constable or officer performs his duty due to which
accidents and deaths on roads are daily occurrences. Policemen, officers and
vehicles are performing illegal and irregular duties from the Governor at the
top down to local, petty politician at the village level. See Hindustan Times
report dated 17.12.2005, attached. S.S. Virk has been charge-sheeted by the
Government of India for lack of integrity. The Panjab Government has written to
the Government of India that S.S. Virk is so ill that he can’t lift himself
out of bed. The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) feels that a moment has come in
history to implement the 1903 Police Commission report to appoint the senior
most District Magistrate to head the police department as chaotic affairs have
come to prevail in its midst and there is no fit officer in its ranks to head
it.

The Shiromani Akali Dal has always been the protector of the
peoples rights, safety of the honour of women and protection of life, liberty
and property of the citizenry. The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is amazed that
Parkash Singh Badal and Kawaljit Singh have decried the Panjab Police’s orders
to reduce securitymen amongst all politicians. We feel that Shiromani Akali Dal
(Badal) has lost touch with the people and lives in ivory towers. It was a mute
observer in the Panjab Assembly to the vicious attack by Amarinder Singh and the
Congress. It’s members in parliament, both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are
either absent or boycott its proceedings or walk out or abstain from voting on
matters of public import like recently when they absented themselves on the vote
to expel corrupt MP’s charged with accepting bribes for asking questions in
parliament. They however, support BJP and vote in parliament for legislating
draconian and communal laws like POTA. They now lack the moral right to lead the
historic Shiromani Akali Dal.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is concerned about the use
of military force by Pakistan on its civilian population in Balochistan. We ask
President Prevez Musharraf to withdraw the armed forces from that unfortunate
state as we seek a similar withdrawal of the Indian army from Kashmir and the
North East. The place of the armed forces in India and Pakistan is in their
respective barracks or borders and not to murder, rape and destroy the civilian
population. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf must do this
immediately and destroy their respective WMD’s as both countries have no
proper democratic, judicial or parliamentary structure neither transparency nor
accountability to maintain nuclear arms.

Most respectfully, you are known powerful individuals in
power for liberal and progressive thinking not like your predecessors and other
leadership presently available in India leaving some exceptions as Mr. Som Nath
Chatterjee, Speaker of Lok Sabha, Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann etc. if Sikh
Vichar Manch is not wrong to say so.

You all are well aware of that minorities faced injustice
though the Manch shall specifically pointed injustice meted out to the Sikhs in
the past and continuing so till date without any check, justice and the
criminals in uniform or in the shape of agents and double agents are being
patronized by Indian government agencies.

You know, if at all any inquiry is ordered and investigation
is made by the Hon’ble Courts, National Human Rights Commission etc or at
their instance (though those are not so Hon’ble due to the bindings on their
independent functioning and decision making checks of legislature, executive and
other corrupt considerations and offerings) that is finally thrown in dust-bin
without any action and justice or a mere eye wash action taken as was the
practice in this independent India. For example: the Manch requests to pay
attention to the writings displayed on website

Can your honour as a team change this practice? But no change
is evident in this practice till date.

No-doubt by ruthless killings of Sikhs in Punjab and else
where in India, your predecessors in power were successful in projecting dummy
leadership for Sikhs in order to ignore their just demands directly related to
their ‘Sovereign Identity and Rights’ but Sikhs may never forget their past
and injustice done to them. Please do something in this direction in order to
bring peace in this Sub-continent and for justice to Sikhs.

Here is a ‘test case i.e. murder of Bhai Gurdev Singh
Kaunke’ for showing your true/genuine intentions in the direction to give
justice. No further inquiry is required in this case as truth has already been
surfaced regarding the ‘murder Bhai Gurdev Singh Kaunke’. In support of
this, the Manch quotes the reports of Addl. Director General of Police Mr. BP
Tiwari and of NGO whereby true facts, rather confessions proving the murder of
Bhai Gurdev Singh Kaunke are with government of State of Punjab.

What else is required, in view of the acquired irrefutable
evidence as three committee members were able to secretly tape record their
conversation with a senior superintendent of police, which disclosed how Bhai
Gurdev Singh Kaunke was actually killed under torture.

In case of any doubt the activists who recorded the
statements and written the facts in the book, "REDUCED TO ASHES- The
Insurgency and Human Rights in Punjab" can be summoned for verifying the
facts with tapes mentioned therein for providing justice in this case.

The Manch likes to quote the related portion from the book at page 107-108 as
under:

"Impunity by all means: Rights and the dead-ends of law
at page 107

Gurdev Singh Kaunke

An example of the mindless monstrosity, which K. P. S. Gill’s hard-line
eventually became, follows:

In May 1998, the Committee for Coordination on Disappearances
in Punjab (CCDP) investigated the enforced disappearance of Gurdev Singh Kaunke,
former acting head priest of the Akal Takht, following his 25 December 1992
arrest from his home in Kaunke village under Jagraon subdivision of Ludhiana
district. The police authorities later claimed that Gurdev Singh Kaunke escaped
from their custody on 2 January 1993. The claim was widely condemned as false.
Prakash Singh Badal, then leader of the Akali Dal who became the chief minister
of Punjab in early 1997, publicly accused the Congress government of the state
of masterminding Kaunke’s abduction and disappearance, and demanded a high
powered judicial inquiry. Badal was arrested while attempting to visit the
bereaved family of Gurdev Singh Kaunke at their village on 5 January 1992.

The CCDP was able to acquire conclusive evidence to show that
Gurdev Singh was inhumanly tortured first at the Sadar police station of Jagraon
and then at the Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA) interrogation center from 25
December 1992 to 1 January 1993. The Committee also acquired irrefutable
evidence to establish that the former head priest was killed under torture.

On 5 June 1998, a delegation of the committee members met
chief minister Prakash Singh Badal to acquaint him with its findings and to
demand the registration of a case, an independent official investigation and
prosecution of the culprits. The delegation included former Supreme Court judge
Kuldip Singh. The chief minister directed an official inquiry to be conducted by
B. P. Tiwari, additional director general of police, Punjab.

In the course of investigating the case of Gurdev Singh
Kaunke, three committee members were able to secretly tape record their
conversation with a senior superintendent of police, which disclosed how Gurdev
Singh was actually killed under torture. The interview also revealed the banal
world of torture and murder that, in the name of counter-insurgency, had become
a routine for a set of police officers to obtain good, powerful positions. We
are not releasing the full transcript of the discussion out of respect for an
honest officer who risked his career in telling us the truth.

The SSP told us the following about what used to happen in
the days before the SSP’s periodic meetings with DGP K.P.S. Gill: "You
can check that up! Before such a meeting with Gill, 300 to 400 Sikhs used to die
in Punjab. Every SSP had to report: I have killed 14. The other who said I have
killed 28 was appreciated more. The third SSP who had to outsmart the
first two had to report 31. The night before the meeting with Gill, the Sikhs
used to die so that the SSPs could vie with each other in showing their
anti-terrorist achievements."

The B. P. Tiwari Inquiry Committee submitted its report to
the government in the first week of May 1999. But the government chose to
withhold the report from the public and took no action on its recommendations.
In April 2002, Simranjit Singh Mann moved the High Court of Punjab and Haryana
for directions to the state of Punjab to make the report public. The high court
issued notice, and the state government demanded two months’ time to examine
the report. In the end, the state government declined to produce the report and
the high court ordered another investigation, which is still pending. These
pending inquiries belong to the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of denial, diversion and
cover-up, and seem to be stock-in-trade of the politics of impunity in India.

Upendra Baxi’s following words sum up the reality:
"Management of organized political iolence requires multifarious use of the
‘law as a sustained device of cover-up strategies and operations. What
actually happened ought never to be allowed to achieve juridical verification?
Judicial commissions of enquiry must be so constituted as to serve as weapons of
political warfare; if at all these establish prima facie facts of political
violence, they must do so in ways that make rights, redress and rehabilitation
almost impossible…

Investigative agencies should not have autonomous status that
allows them to establish the truth of what happened. If appellate courts,
especially the Supreme Court, were to investigate matters in ways profoundly
subversive of the operative violent multi-party consensus, all efforts must be
made to render futile these occasional adjudicative leadership feats.
Politically patronized leaders of the Bar, including Advocate Generals, the
Solicitor General, and even the Attorney General of India, should be effectively
mobilized to subserve truth-monopolization.

In view of the acquired irrefutable evidence as three
committee members were able to secretly tape record their conversation with a
senior superintendent of police, which disclosed how Bhai Gurdev Singh Kaunke’
was actually killed under torture and report submitted by Addl. Director General
of Police Mr. B P TIWARI, your honorable are requested to order a registration
of a criminal case against the police personnel involved so that they must face
justice.

Tribune News Service AMRITSAR, Jan 6 — The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee has stopped the sale of controversial book "Gur Bilas Patshahi
6", edited by Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar Akal Takht, and an
eminent Sikh scholar, Dr Amarjit Singh… The book carries information on the
life of the sixth Guru, however, many Sikh scholars raised eyebrows over certain
‘distorted’ facts regarding the life of Guru Hargobind… It is for the
first time that the SGPC has stopped the sale of a book edited by any Jathedar.
…Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti has also confirmed that the sale of the book had
been stopped for the time being after it was discussed by other Sikh high
priests. He, however, said that the objections raised by some Sikh intellectuals
were unsavory as he himself had pointed out that there were certain distorted
historical facts which needed to be researched as per the Sikh maryada…
However, Jathedar Vedanti said that he had already pointed out that many
contents of the book were not as per the Sikh maryada.

Vedanti ji Bas karo

Jathedar Vedanti ji,

please perform some panthic duties, which is your
responsibility and stop insulting the institution of akal takht, otherwise quit
from your post and stop ! making Sikhs a laughing stock in front of the whole
world.

A few days back you ex-communicated Joginder Singh of
Spokesman and he went to court and you said that no Jathedar of Akal Takht has
ever appeared in court.

But Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer has issued a press release
along with facts that can not be refuted that in the past Jathedars have
appeared in Court.Bhai Ranjit Singh was made Jathedar when he was in Jail and
appeared in Court many times, In 1924 Jathedar Achhar Singh and Jathedar Udhham
Singh went to jail and fought their cases in the court.Most recent Jathedar
Iqbal Singh o! f Patna Sahib has made numerous rounds of Police Stations and
Court.

So if a pujari is doing something wrong he should appear in
Court.

Then you issued a statement that people who are having
relations with Joginder Singh they will be summoned to Akal Takht!!!!!!!Please
don’t convert this Akal Takht to police station or Court and stop
ex-communicating people from Sikh Panth for personal enmity and at the behest of
Badal Inc. and RSS agents.If you keep on ex-communicating people at this speed
then soon the figures can reach thousands.Beware Pujari Vedanti ji, what if Sikh
Panth ex-communicates you for anti panthic , pro hindu activities and neg!
ligence in your duties towards Sikh panth and Sikh cause.

Prominent Sikh scholars like Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer has
also issued a press release that this post of peon of Badal should be abolished
and this trend of issuing fatwas like Ayatollah Khomieni has to be stopped.

Now you have again insulted Akal Takht in the case of
Elections of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee by acting as a puppet of
Badal(mishra) and has said that Paramjit Singh Sarna will also be summoned to
Akal Takht.Have some shame, and stop doing this stupid activities.

Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa has written you a 2 page letter
regarding this DSGMC election row and has doubted your intentions.He has also
stated that the same people tried to use him for the same reasons and so he
resigned.Its in THE TRIBUNE, Dec. 23, 2005.

If you have any guts then please respond to the letter that
why you acted at the behest of antI sikh Badal and justify your stand and fatwa.

The people that you have ex-communicated have been done only
because they spoke against you, your anti sikh activities, your anti Gurmat
publications and your Masters.

Though you have no power of ex-communicating anyone but still
if you want then ex-communicate following people :

1)Your friend Baba Daljit Singh Chicago wala, who has been
exposed, and you have received complaints about him.Why are you taking so long
in this case? So that people forget about it or you have some gain in not doing
so?.If I am not wrong the very next day when he was caught in a Motel, your
personal Assistant immediately issued a statement that it is all lie and Babaji
was busy in a samagam at that time.(of course he was busy in samagam at that
time).This same Babaji’s case for Divorce has been rejected by a Ropar court
and his wife also came to you crying for help.Do you think he is not doing
anything wrong?

2)Bibi Jagir Kaur who killed her daughter and also has a case
of taking money in the college scandal.She even challenged Sikh Gurdwara
Judicial Commission.Are you blind or is she your relative.(Chor uchhaka
chaudhry, te gundi run pardhan)

5)Immediately ex-communicate those people who say that Sikh
Women can’t do Sewa in Darbar Sahib as it is against Sikh Rehat Maryada and
anti Gurmat.Can you do that?

6)What about people saying Sikhs are Hindus and are
offsprings of luv kush!!!!!!!!!!

Stop abusing Akal Takht Sahib and stop these anti Sikh
activities.If your inner conscious is still not dead, then Do something for the
Panth and stop being a puppet of Badal.

Issue a Hukamnama to Badal that he should stop his anti Sikh
activities.

Issue a Hukamnama that Sikh Women has all the rights of
doing! sewa in Darbar Sahib.

Issue a hukamnama that anti Sikh practices like washing the
premises of Darbar Sahib with Milk or Lassi should be immediately stopped.

Issue a Hukamnama that there should be no dera, baba,sant or
sant samaj.

Start working for Sikh Panth, Do something for Sikh political
prisoners languishing in Jails for past 21 years without any reason, Do
something so that the culprits of Nov. 1984 are hanged to death, Take immediate
steps for proper Dharam Parchar.

It’s been more then 2 months that the killers of Jaswant
Singh Khalra has been punished by Court, I was wondering not even a single word
by you and Badal.

Why not ex-communicate KPS Gill????

A HUMBLE REQUEST IF YOU CAN’T STOP THESE ANTI SIKH
ACTIVITIES THEN PLEASE RESIGN FROM THIS POST, SIKH PANTH DON’T NEED JATHEDAR’S
LIKE YOU.

Jai shri RAM.

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MARTYRDOM DAY: SAHIBZADA AJIT SINGH AND SAHIBZADA JUJHAR
SINGH

While commemorating the Martyrdom Day of four Sahibzadas
during December 2005 CE, let us first recall the Supreme Sacrifice made by Sahibzada
AjitSingh jee and Sahibzada Jujhar Singh jee. Have a long
breath and think as to whether we, and our children have been following their
footsteps! If not, let us again take pledge that we too would never abandon the
Gurus’ teachings but live like them by keeping up our Sikh Identity, Glory and
high character. O’ Sikh Youth! Take care of your Sikh Heritage, and continue
to recite and follow "Gurbaani", and remember of tying "Turban"
from the 7th year class, if not earlier.

Right from the childhood, Sahibzada Ajit Singh jee (1687-1704
CE) and Sahibzada Jujhar Singh jee (1689-1704 CE), both the elder sons of Tenth
Master, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, had undertaken training in
physical fitness, horse-riding and make use of weaponry for self–defence and
to protect the weak apart from getting formal and religious education at AnandpurSahib under the guidance of Guru Sahib and other brave Sikhs.

For the last 200 years, new faith of Sikhism was flourishing
peacefully but the Mughal rulers and their slave Hindu vassals did not cherish
the growth of the new Sikh religion. Although from the days of Guru Nanak
Sahib, they were dead against Sikhs, after the Ceremony of Amrit
Initiation conducted by Guru Gobind Singh Sahib on 30th March
1699, slave Hindu leaders were so frightened that they instigated the Mughal
Emperor Aurangzeb to besiege the Anandpur Sahib Fort. Thus after several months
fighting, Commanders of the Mughal army and their subordinate Hindus pleaded
with Guru Sahib that they would

uplift the siege and not to attack again if Anandpur Sahib
Fort was vacated.

However, as soon as Guru Gobind Singh left the Fort together
with his Sikh devotees and hardly reached the bank of rivulet Sirsa,
the Muslim & Hindu combined forces followed them and attacked from behind
without honouring their earlier promises. During the skirmish, Guru’s family
members and several other Gursikhs could not cross the Sirsa rivulet. But Guru
Sahib accompanied by his two elder sons and about forty Sikhs arrived at Chamkaur
Sahib where they managed to occupy a small fortress for taking rest.

During the night, pursuing enemy forces encircled the
fortress and started attacking in the early morning. Guru Sahib and his brave
disciples kept the enemy at bay with the help of deadly arrows inflicting heavy
casualties. However, when the stock of arrows started dwindling and the enemy
forces started coming close, Guru Sahib decided to send the Sikhs in batches to
engage the enemy soldiers in hand to hand fight. Sahibzada Ajit Singhjee and Sahibzada Jujhar Singh jee also fought
bravely like a lion and attained martyrdom without surrendering. Despite the
small number, lack of fighting equipment and other logistics, valiant Sikhs
faced the enemy with unparalleled courage and laid down their lives while
defending the Sikh Faith and Right of freedom without any exploitation.

This was the height of Khalsa Spirit when Guru
Sahib made no distinction between his sons and brave Sikhs as they fought for
the right cause of self-defence. The Sikhs were as dear to him as his own sons.
Martyrdom of Guru’s sons provided inspiration to the Sikhs for generations to
come. Hence, the Sikh Nation since spread all over the world will continue to
remember and honour the Martyrdom of Guru’s sons for all times to come.

Since all over the world, Martyrdom Day of Guru’s eldest
Sahibzadas is celebrated in the last week of December every year, we all Sikhs
(females and males including children, youth and old) should also acquire their
Sikhi Spirit in its true perspective. During the passage of time if under the
influence of others or due to our own weakness, if any person or family has
deviated from the Sikh Way of Life, now is the time when we should bow before
the Guru Granth Sahib and seek forgiveness. Akaal Purkh
is ever kind to provide refuge to His devotees provided we too obey Hukam
of Almighty God as conveyed to us through the RevealedDivine
Word enshrined in the Guru Granth Sahib.

On the other hand, if we continue to disobey the Gurus’
teachings and live like apostates then, celebration of Gurpurbs and
Martyrdom Days would never yield any fruitful results for the Sikh Nation.
Hence, it is our responsibility to read, understand and follow the Guru
Granth Sahib, and live like the true Sikhs as guided by virtue of the Sikh
Reht Maryada published by the SGPC, a copy of which can be obtained
without any cost from any Gurduara Sahib or contact the Sikh Khalsa Mission Inc.
As a Sikh, if someone encounters any difficulty either to maintain his/her Sikh
Identity together with five Kakkaars, namely –

(1) The Kesh – long uncut hair including
untrimmed beard, moustaches and eyebrows, tying Turban by male Singhs
and headscarf by female Kaurs;

(2) The Kangha – a small comb made of wood
which needs to be tucked in the hair-tress;

(3) The Kaschehra – specially designed
breeches worn under the outer garment;

(4) The Karaa – a steel loose ring (not
bangle made of gold) worn on the right-hand;

(5) The Kirpaan – a small sheathed sword in a
baldric

should not hesitate to contact the Sikh Council of Australia
or Sikh Khalsa Mission or any nearby Gurduara Sahib (Sikhs’ Congregation
Place) for voluntary assistance and to take up follow up action with the
concerned Authorities.

(Sikhs should never dishonour the
body-breath-mind-hair-identity)

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MARTYRDOM DAY: SAHIBZADA ZORAVAR SINGH & SAHIBZADA FATEH
SINGH

With the establishment of a ‘casteless & classless
society’ on 30th March 1699, by Guru Gobind SinghSahib,
Muslim rulers and their slave Hindu vassals were so alarmed that if Sikhism were
allowed to grow so fast then they would not be able to control the oppressed
masses for a very long time. Thus the slave Hindu kings of the hilly states
around Anandpur Sahib joined hands with the Muslim Rulers with a
view to destroy the growing influence of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. Accordingly,
in 1704 CE their combined forces encircled Anandpur Sahib and cut
off essential supplies to the besieged Sikhs.

Thus, Sikhs besieged in the fort of Anandpur Sahib had to
undergo extreme hardships due to non – availability of adequate rations, water
and medicines. After several months struggle, Guru Sahib decided to evacuate
Anandpur Sahib despite the severe cold winter of December 1704 CE. In spite of
fierce fighting, Guru Sahib, his two elder sons and several brave Sikhs were
able to safely cross the Sirsa rivulet. But other two younger sons of the Guru, Sahibzada
Zoravar Singh jee and Sahibzada Fateh Singh jee, accompanied by their
grandmother Mata Guzri Kaur jee, strayed away walking along the bank of Sirsa as
they could not cross it because rivulet was in spate due to heavy rain. On the
way, they met their old Hindu servant named Gangu Brahmin, who had
earlier worked as kitchen helper at Anandpur Sahib. On his request, Mata jee
accompanied by his two grandsons, agreed to go with Gangu to his village Kheri.

Since Mata jee was carrying some valuable items to meet the
emergency expenses, while she was sleeping, Gangu quietly stole her purse/bag.
When in the morning, Mata jee inquired about the missing valuables, the thief
Gangu got annoyed. Instead of helping them, Gangu had his eyes on the prize that
he would get from the Mughal rulers if he handed over them to the Muslim Police.
Accompanied by the village Chief, he went to the Police Station at Morinda town
and informed that Guru’s mother and his two sons were in his house. Due to
Gangu’s ungratefulness, Police arrested them and handed over to Nawab Wazir
Khan of Sirhand. Mata jee along with her two grandsons aged nine and seven were
thus imprisoned in the cold tower. Early in the next morning, both the sons were
summoned before the Sirhand Governor Wazir Khan. On entering the Mughal Court,
both the Guru’s sons loudly said, "Waheguru jee ka Khalsa Waheguru
jee kee Fateh" to the utter astonishment and amazement of Wazir
Khan and his courtiers. One of the prominent courtiers, a Hindu Sucha Nand
advised the Guru’s sons to bow before the ruler and salute like the Muslims
and Hindu slaves do. But they ignored his advice as merely act of appeasement.
They were told to embrace Islam and then enjoy all the comforts like Muslim
princes and if they did not heed the advice, they would be killed mercilessly.
In reply, brave kids said, "Sikh Faith is more dearer to them than
their own lives. Nothing in this illusory world can induce them to abandon their
Faith." Despite threatening, they remained steadfast.

However, they were given another opportunity to consult their
grandmother. Mata jee was glad to see them back. She encouraged them to keep up
high spirit of sacrifice and neither be allured by any inducement nor be afraid
of threats of torture. When the Guru’s sons were again brought before the
Nawab, they continued to stick to the Sikh Faith. At last, Nawab Wazir Khan in
consultation with his Qazi Cleric ordered that bothshould
be bricked alive for non-obedience of ruler’s order. Shaken by this inhuman
punishment, Nawab Sher MuhammadKhan of Malerkotla
protested and said, "Islam does not specify punishment to the small
children when they have not committed any offence. They are innocent and should
be freed". On the other hand, the Nawab’s toady courtier, a Hindu
Khatri Suchanand remarked that the young ones of a snake were equally
poisonous. Thus both the Guru’s sons were bricked alive on 27th
December 1704 CE. On hearing this sad news, Mata jee about 80 years old also
breathed her last.

[Unfortunately, despite UN Charter, such cruel killings are
still going on all over the world; especially Hindu Governments in India have
been playing havoc with the Sikhs since 1984. Sikhs have been living like slaves
in Punjab State and other parts of India]

We, all the Sikhs are required to learn lesson from Mata jee
and Guru’s sons that we should not be led by worldly attractions but stick to
our Sikh Faith, and fight against the unjust and cruel rulers. It also provides
shining example to all mothers and grandmothers how they should imbibe good
qualities of religion and sacrifice, in the young minds of their children. Please
make sure that no family member cuts his/her hair including beard and moustaches.
Here being full freedom of religion in Australia, all Sikh families are requested
not to imitate apostates, but keep up their unique Sikh Identity & Glory of
the Guru Panth.

Our Sikh Religion is par excellence and contains all the
Spiritual and Temporal ingredients as taught by our Guru Sahibaan
from Guru Nanak Sahib to Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (1469-1708CE).
But it appears that most of the Sikh families have deviated from the True Way of
Sikh Life. For instance, let us take the example of "JEWS"
whose world population is "14.551" millions whereas "Sikhs"
are "24.295" millions:

After struggling for about 2000 years, Jews
have their own (i) self-contained religion "Judaism";
(ii) an Independent country "Israel" and (iii) language "Hebrew".
They motivate their children to excel in their respective fields in comparison
to others. Hence from the very beginning, Jews follow three golden principles
– (1) to read and understand their religious Books of Judaism; (2) to study
Jews history and (3) to learn Hebrew language. Like them, let us unite and start
practicing our Sikh religion with devotion and humility but without egotism and
factionalism. Let us live in harmony and peace by maintaining our unique Sikh
Identity as explained in the Sikh Reht Maryada published by SGPC for the sake of
uniformity.

Respected Gursikhs,
Wahe guru ji ka khalsa!!
Wahe guru ji ki fateh !!
We request to all Guru Nanak Naam leva gursikhs that Institution GURSIKH(Global
United Research and Service Institute of Knowledge for Humanity) and its public
wing SHAHBAAZ KHALSA are not collecting money for the Shaheed pariwaars. From
some responsible and reliable sources we get informed that some individuals are
collecting money and using the name of GURSIKH and SHAHBAAZ KHALSA.We request
and aware the all Nanak naam leva gursikhs that if any one have any information
about that must contact our High Command. We request u again that we had not
collected money and any thing on the name of Shaheed Pariwaars and not
collecting and we will not collect in future.If any gursikh want to help any
Shaheed pariwaar family we can provide addresses only but cannot role as a
mediator between them. So, we request u again if any one have any information
about the misuse of the name of our Istitution by any Individual plz
contact,Ratinder Singh on –0731 3948933.Amardeep Singh Amar-0956611106 ,Dr.
Sukhpreet Singh Udhoke-09316199795.
If any gursikh is related to media , have any paper or magazine then we request
thet plz. Must publish our request in his paper, we will be thanks full for
that.
Dr.Sukhpreet Singh Udhoke
93161 99795
GURSIKH FEATURES AND SHAHBAAZ MEDIA SERVICES

The Shiromani Akali Dal(Amritsar) considers it a red letter
day in the history of this region that the Panjab and Haryana High Court is
celebrating its golden jubilee. Himachal Pradesh till 1966 was also a part of
its jurisdiction. The makers of the Indian Constitution gave the High Court the
same powers as the Supreme Court, the most important one being the power of
judicial review. However, our High Court has not lived up to its name and the
aspirations of the peoples or of those of the founding fathers of the
Constitution. It is never struck down draconian, undemocratic and
unconstitutional laws like MISA, NSA, TADA or POTA which rob the citizen of his
fundamental rights guaranteed under the constitution. In the violation of the
citizens rights guaranteed under article 21, that of life and liberty the High
Court has favoured the brutal methods of the state and police, rather than the
individual. Under the stewardship of Chief Justice B.K. Roy it has torn valuable
hand woven tapestries designed by Le Corbusier. It has nurtured corrupt judges
one of whom was elevated to the Supreme Court. The judges of this Court have
allowed their wards to practice as lawyers, a corrupt practice. It is the first
High Court of a democratic country whose judges have gone on strike. It is the
first High Court whose Chief Justice has been shuttled from High Court to High
Court because he wanted to enforce discipline and probity amongst fellow judges.
Our party feels that it is not the architectural beauty of a Court that brings
out its character but the standard of integrity, honesty, probity, impartiality,
intelligence, dress, manners, poise and silence in public of its judges to
deliver justice impartially, fearlessly and courageously. We will hope while
wishing the High Court every success that its judges do some introspection.

The present test of the High Court is whether it will allow a
Panjab Government order to allow police officers to head the states Jails.
Prisoners in jail are legally meant to be in judicial custody. Placing jails
under police officers would mean handing these prisoners to police custody. The
Indians police is well known for torturing prisoners. India is neither signed
nor ratifies UN Convention against Torture. As a prisoner I myself was tortured
by the police while confined in Bharatpore Central Jail in Rajasthan in 1984 and
1985 and recently on 15.6.2005 in Ludhiana Central Jail in the Panjab.

The other test would be whether two Panjab Police officers
Jaspal Singh and Swarn Das sentenced to life imprisonment by the Congress
Supreme Court of India and pardoned by the Congress ruled state government in
Panjab would be held legally and constitutionally sound by the High Court. These
two police officers had killed countless Sikhs in extra-judicial murders.

I feel truth from your writings. You seems
to have truthful heart and this where Sikhi starts because if your heart is
not true than how can you walk on the path of truth? I have been reading
articles from other authors on your web site also, which I would like to
discuss with you at some later time.

Right now I would like to point out what I
just notice that an article on http://www.sikhmarg.com/2005/0807-mundavnee.html
which says about Mundaavanee but the shabad discussed in the article
is not about the Mundaavanee shabad in SGGS Ji. Mundaavanee shabad starts;
Thaal which tin wastu payeo ... Please notify the author Bibi Har Simrat Kaur
and make the corrections.

Waheguru Mehar Kare, Guru Rakha

Best Regards,

Ramneek Singh Randhawa

ky[ aYWs[ huMzl

Bhai sahib
jeo ,
We are sorry for missing your inquiry call. All the info posted on
www.srschicago.org is 100% true. We have procured the police report which will
remove all doubts about the lies of this fake and mean, self acclaimed sant.
Tomorrow we will send you the copy of the police report from the Lake county
police under which the notorious and imfamous motel is located. We really
appreciate your dedication and devotion to promote and protect Sikhi from the
pkhandi's and their co -hoots within the Panth.

gopfl isMG

Dear Sr. Makhan Singh Ji
Waahguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waahguru Ji Ki Fateh

S. Arvinder Singh Khalsa wrote about your article 'Ithihas nal baeimani' I
have not seen it could please guide me.
Because of job situation I could not get to the site as often as I used, Sorry
I liked this site and the articles, I do not want to miss any.

Your article 'Ithihas nal baeimani' is great I was so
pleased with the linguistic and sprit of writing. You deserve a reward my
friend. And I salute your courage and sprit. May Satguru ji always shower his
love and harmony upon you. Thank you for serving the Khalsa Panth the way it
should be by us all. Your site is the best one
I came across two years ago.